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Rob Schneider in Rob on CBS

Part Filipino comedian/actor Rob Schneider will be on a new sitcom “Rob” on CBS. He created the comedy series , which is loosely based on his whirlwind romance and marriage to Patricia Azarcoya Arce, a TV producer from Mexico. Here’s more about the show:

“Rob” is a comedy starring Rob Schneider as a lifelong bachelor who just married into a tight-knit Mexican-American family. Rob is a successful landscape architect who, after a whirlwind romance, marries Maggie, a beautiful, smart book translator, who is way out of his league. After eloping in Las Vegas, Maggie and Rob must break the news to her overprotective, judgmental parents, Rosa and Fernando, that they are married. Shocked by news that they’ve eloped, the family remains skeptical of Maggie’s choice for a husband, with the exception of her uncle Hector, the black sheep of the family, who immediately declares himself Rob’s best friend. Rob hopes he will one day win over his new in-laws, aunts, uncles and Maggie’s Abuelita, and live happily ever after with his one true love, Maggie.

Recently, Schneider made a return to standup comedy and released his first comedy album Registered Offender in July 2011 featuring Graduation Speech. Schneider continues to co-produce film projects with his brother John Schneider through their production company, From Out of Nowhere.

After opening for comedians such as Jay Leno and Jerry Seinfeld, Schneider made his major network television debut in 1987 on “The David Letterman Show.” In 1990, Lorne Michaels hired him to be a regular on “Saturday Night Live.” During his four seasons at “SNL,” Schneider was nominated for three Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award.

Schneider founded “The Rob Schneider Music Foundation,” which helps provide music education for middle school and high school students.

Schneider was born and raised in San Francisco. He lives with his wife in the Los Angeles area. His birth date is October 31.